IP Library Granted Patent US 11,243,083
Granted Patent B2
US 11,243,083 · App. 16/004,803 · Granted Feb 8, 2022

Implementing route generation with augmented reality

Inventors: Jim C. Chen (Rochester, MN); Brittany A. Duffy (Rochester, MN); Elizabeth Held (Rochester, MN); Bryant G. Ly (Rochester, MN)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
G01C21/206A62B99/00G01C21/3647G06Q90/205G06T11/60G06T19/006A62B3/00G06T11/00
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Patent No.
US 11,243,083
App. No.
16/004,803
Granted
Feb 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing route generation with augmented reality. A crowd or event is analyzed and escape routes are intelligently distributed by attendee profile type or ability. Augmented Reality (AR) projections are used representing different subsets of an event population to convey the profile-specific escape routes for people to follow. The AR behavior is changed as an event situation changes.

Claims (37)

1. A computer-implemented method for implementing enhanced intelligent escape route generation with augmented reality comprising:

analyzing an event and attendees of the event to generate a plurality of routes and a plurality of subset profiles for the attendees based on physical attributes, each of the plurality of subset profiles associated with a different plurality of the attendees;

determining accessibility of each of the plurality of routes;

assigning a different avatar for each subset profile, each assigned avatar representing the physical attributes of the respective subset profile;

generating a different escape route for each of the subset profiles based on accessibility of the plurality of routes and physical attributes of the respective subset profile;

generating, for each subset profile, an augmented reality projection of the assigned avatars moving along the respective generated escape routes; and

generating an augmented reality projection of an emergency response unit avatar moving in a reverse direction for one or more of the generated escape routes.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein speed of each augmented reality projection moving along a generated escape route is determined based on physical attributes of the corresponding subset profile.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

dynamically tuning avatar projections based on actual results of people successfully traversing escape routes.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein frequency of the projection of the emergency response unit is less than frequency of the projection of the assigned avatars for subset profiles.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the event comprises processing a layout archive entity.

6. A system for implementing enhanced intelligent escape route generation with augmented reality comprising:

a processor; and

a controller tangibly embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium used to implement enhanced intelligent escape route generation, the processor configured to use the controller to perform operations comprising:

analyzing an event and attendees of the event to generate a plurality of routes and a plurality of subset profiles for the attendees based on physical attributes, each of the plurality of subset profiles associated with a different plurality of the attendees;

determining accessibility of each of the plurality of routes;

assigning a different avatar for each subset profile, each assigned avatar representing the physical attributes of the respective subset profile;

generating a different escape route for each of the subset profiles based on accessibility of the plurality of routes and physical attributes of the respective subset profile;

generating, for each subset profile, an augmented reality projections of the assigned avatar moving along the respective generated escape routes; and

generating an augmented reality projection of an emergency response unit avatar moving in a reverse direction for one or more of the generated escape routes.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein speed of each augmented reality projection moving along a generated escape route is determined based on physical attributes of the corresponding subset profile.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise:

dynamically tuning avatar projections based on actual results of people successfully traversing escape routes.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein frequency of the projection of the emergency response unit is less than frequency of the projection of the assigned avatars for subset profiles.

10. The system of claim 6 , wherein analyzing the event comprises processing a layout archive entity.

11. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer system to cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:

analyzing an event and attendees of the event to generate a plurality of routes and a plurality of subset profiles for the attendees based on physical attributes, each of the plurality of subset profiles associated with a different plurality of the attendees;

determining accessibility of each of the plurality of routes;

assigning a different avatar for each subset profile, each assigned avatar representing the physical attributes of the respective subset profile;

generating a different escape route for each of the subset profiles based on accessibility of the plurality of routes and physical attributes of the respective subset profile;

generating, for each subset profile, an augmented reality projections of the assigned avatar moving along the respective generated escape routes; and

generating an augmented reality projection of an emergency response unit avatar moving in a reverse direction for one or more of the generated escape routes.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein speed of each augmented reality projection moving along a generated escape route is determined based on physical attributes of the corresponding subset profile.

13. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:

dynamically tuning avatar projections based on actual results of people successfully traversing escape routes.

14. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein frequency of the projection of the emergency response unit is less than frequency of the projection of the assigned avatars for subset profiles.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2018
From: CHEN, JIM C.; DUFFY, BRITTANY A.; HELD, ELIZABETH; LY, BRYANT G.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046043/0416 →
Continuity (1)
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